Export an issue type from one project and import into another

Question

We have the following requirement. We want to export an issue type from Project A and import it back into project B. We wanted to have the same issue type from project A across couple of projects. Out of the box, I dont see a way to do it. I see there is a plugin "project configurator for Jira". Not sure if the plugin helps with my requirement

Is there a way we can export and import an issue type as per my requirement.

thanks

Robert Wen · Answer

Not for team-managed projects.  It's far easier to have common issue types across projects using schemes on company-managed projects.

Trudy Claspill · Answer

Hello @Santhosh Solipuram

Into what type of project to you want to import the issue type?

And exactly what are you hoping to carry across during that import? The fields associated with the issue type? The screen layout? The workflow?

The short answer is I don't believe there is any way to "export" an issue type and its associated configuration from a Team Managed project and import that to another project.

You have to recreate the issue type and associated configurations in the destination project.

The configurations of Team Managed projects are specifically not intended to be shared. The concept behind Team Managed projects is to be able to customize a project completely independently without impact to other projects.

Company Managed projects, on the other hand, leverage configurations that can be shared. You can define Issue Types globally that can be organized into Issue Type Schemes that can then be assigned to projects, for example.

Santhosh Solipuram · Answer

What if the projects dont have the same issue type schema?

Is there any functionality in Jira which allows to import and export issue type shcemas from one project to another?